and seen great sights under water. but nothing like that picture you just had up. >> imagine how quickly you'd lose your oxygen. >> the old gold brick on the ocean floor. thank you for joining us today. >> my pleasure. "the real story" with gretchen carlson starts right now. we begin with a fox news alert today because as you've heard in the last few hours, speaker of the house john boehner has issued now his request for a select committee to look into and investigate benghazi. at the same time, that committee has also issued a subpoena to secretary of state john kerry. many developments going on at this hour, compelling him to appear and give his sworn testimony on benghazi. that committee accusing the state department of hiding documents after finding out about an e-mail that was withheld until a lawsuit forced it to be handed over. a former white house official now saying it should have been released a lot sooner. >> why did it take a foia and a

judge to get this ben rhodes e-mail? >> i don't know. i bet every person in that white house wished the e-mail would have been released earlier. i do, too, it tells us what we said privately is what we said publicly because that's what we thought occurred. it references protests because they were countless across the world. >> mark mad does eadows is on t committee. i'm assuming you agree that this select committee should go forward? >> certainly, at this point to have a real robust investigatioinvestigation that focuses just on benghazi is what we need to do. i'm behind our leadership as they've made the call to vote for this select committee. >> what did you make of that interview that we just heard a snippet of with bret baier, the former nsa communications spokesperson, being relatively smug, admitting that obama was not in the situation room when all this was going down in benghazi. you would say what to that? >> well, that's very troubling,

when we have american lives that have been lost and you're not there in the situation room. it's very troubling because if you're truly wanting to make sure that additional lives were not lost, you've got to be there as our commander in chief. that's what the american people expect. >> to me, it comes down to these two issues -- did anybody deliberately change the talking points, how far up did that go? we know there was that specific e-mail from at least one person inside the white house. and number two, was there a failed attempt to go and try and save american lives in benghazi? >> well, it's those two questions as well as a number of others that we've got to get to the bottom of. that's why a select committee is so key at this point. but the other is, is that when you see an e-mail surface -- and we have jay carney saying, el with, he's not so sure that it should have been released, surely the spokesman for the white house doesn't get to make that decision.

we need to make sure that all the documents are released so the american people can get to the truth and now is the time to do that. >> one other important thing about this select committee is that you won't just have one person testifying one at a time. so for example, you might have general petraeus setting next to former secretary of state hillary clinton, correct? >> well, i think that's the key. we start to look at this as bringing all the pieces together. we've had a number of hearings both on foreign affairs and ogr and a lot of differecommittees. this brings it together, focuses in and brings justice. that's what the american people want. we want justice and now's the time to do that. >> so what do you see as far as timing? when is this going to happen? >> certainly that is unfolding as we speak. and when the actual vote will happen in the house, i know that leadership is discussing that now. i expect it to be sooner than later. as we see that, bringing together committees and staff to go ahead and focus on that,

simultaneously, though, the subpoena for secretary kerry will go ahead. so hopefully we'll get a little bit more truth by may 21st when he's required to testify. >> congressman mark meadows, north carolina, thank you for your time today. now for more on the select committee, let's go to catherine herridge who's live in washington with the breaking details on that. why will a select committee make more of a difference than the five congressional committees we've seen so far? >> a sleeelect committee brings together members of the house committees with jurisdiction, in this case, the house intelligence committee, foreign affairs, armed services and oversight. they do formal depositions in this case. not the five-minute question-and-answer sessions we saw earlier this week with retired general lovell. you mentioned a select committee because it crosses all jurisdictions, could have at the same table former secretary of state hillary clinton and next to her, the former cia director

david petraeus who remains under investigation. the question really is what was this week's tipping point? the house speaker's statement strongly hints that it was these new documents from judicial watch that lead directly into the white house. the statement reads in part, quote, the administration's withholding of documents, e-mails showing greater white house involvement and misleading the american people is a flagrant violation of trust and undermines the basic principles of oversight, upon which our system of government is built. we also understand that fox news' recent reporting on the d.c. consulting firm beacon global strategies was of particular interest to the house leadership. fox showed that so many key players in the benghazi scandal are now employed by a firm friendly to mrs. clinton. >> interesting. what has the response been so

far? >> the spokesperson for the house minority leader nancy pelosi said today they that had not been contacted directly by the speaker's office. but she seemed to dismiss the significance of the scandal yesterday. >> diversion subterfuge, benghazi, benghazi, benghazi. why aren't we talking about something else? what i know of what i've read in the press about those e-mails were very consistent with what was put out there before. i don't think there's anything new there. >> there's some logistical issues that have to be dealt with for a select committee to go forward. over 180 members of congress have signed on so far for that resolution that was first tabled by republican congressman frank wolf. and there are practical things like finding office space and selecting the staff. but you could have a select committee voted in, if you will, or passed as early as next week.

>> catherine herridge, thanks for your reporting. charles krauthammer changing his tune on benghazi after these revolutions. he recently said republicans were getting nowhere on the issue and should drop their investigation. >> to me, the equivalent of what was discovered with the nixon tapes. the point is that republicans have done a terrible job in building the case. even today i have to say the questioning was disjointed. it was not organized. if they had appointed a special committee a long time ago the way it was done in watergate, we would have had answers on this and the country wouldn't be tired. >> now we do have that select committee. alan colmes, mike gallagher both join me, both fox news contributors. mike, the day is here. >> it's a big deal. it's a very big deal. i don't know how many ways

democrats can continue to try to minimize it. look at the week we've had. we have the one former spokesman saying, it was two years ago, who cares -- >> dude. >> dude. you have nancy pelosi saying, this is a subterfuge. that's exactly what this is about, madam pelosi. you have jay carney pretending an e-mail about benghazi wasn't about benghazi. i think the closer we get to a committee and a true investigation, the more desperate the democrats are becoming. i know my friend on the left is going to argue this as a political component. there is a political component about hillary on the horizon. that doesn't negate the fact that these men died and apparently the white house seems to have orchestrated a cover-up about the circumstances -- >> the spokesman was referring to the talking points, the memo. he didn't say, dude, the people who died 2 1/2 years ago and nobody cares --

>> he was very smug for someone so serious. >> she wasn't talking about that. he was talking about the memo. >> i'm going to change my name to benghazi so republicans never stop talking about me. this is a partisan witch hunt. >> even now with the select committee -- >> the republican head of the armed services committee said that robert lovell who was testifying didn't know what he was talking about because he was in germany at the time. >> alan? >> you don't think that members of congress will find out more information now that you can have general petraeus and hillary clinton sitting next to each other -- >> how many more investigations -- do you know in the bush administration, i know you hate when i bring up bush -- after 9/11, there were 13 different attacks at embassies and consulates resulting in hundreds of deaths. i didn't hear a word about this. why is there a double standard about this president? >> you shouldn't be afraid of the truth. and if this investigation, this

select committee can uncover the truth, then you should welcome it and let the chips fall where they may. listen, krauthammer is right. think about the people that went to jail over covering up a third-rate burglary at the watergate building in washington, d.c. four people died. it's a very big deal. >> benghazi is a tragedy, it's not a scandal. >> oh, it's a scandal. >> when we learn more information with the select committee. extreme weather has wreaked havoc over the u.s. the past few days. residents in the florida panhandle cleaning up. tuesday, believe it or not, was the single rainiest day on record in pensacola. floods devastating much of the area, forcing hundreds of rescues. let's go out to southern california. wildfires there are the problem.

rancho kocucamongo wildfire is % contained. now the severe weather is moving out and making way for a beautiful weekend. rick reichmuth is live outside in new york city with the forecast. >> yeah, final le it's beautiful. a lot of people will be happy to hear that. but what a rough week. think about the tropical storms that go through florida and you look at the video from the rain. that's a place that gets a lot of rain. and you wouldn't normally imagine that you would see as much destruction as you did from this. but if you have your wettest day ever, even with the tropical storms and hurricanes that go through there, this is the type of damage that's done with that. that's pensacola. there's a little more rain to fall across florida this weekend. go out across the west, into california, we did not talk that much about this. but that fire out there burned over 2,000 acres. it's 53% contained.

that's great news. california dealing with the worst drought they've ever had. they had temperatures into the upper 90s. those kinds of high temperatures this early in the season after a very dry winter and the drought does not portend to a very good season for them. look at your temperatures today across that area. still triple digits. you cool down a little bit. but the heat has to go somewhere. so it's going into the southern plains. get ready for triple digits in parts of oklahoma and texas. the heat will be somewhere. >> i thought you actually just suffered from heatstroke. you called me greta. how many years have i known you, rick? >> a lot of years. gretchen, gretchen, gretchen. >> all right, rob, great to see you! it looks like something out of a disaster movie. that twister barreling towards an office building. where this happened and the damage that it caused. plus, breaking news in the investigation into dozens of

veterans allegedly left to die at this v.a. hospital. the sensational claims now coming from a second whistle-blower. and the steps taken to protect target shoppers after that data breach that affected millions of people.

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dr. katherine mitchell saying she and a colleague rescued subpoenaed evidence after learning about plans to shred it. the longtime v.a. employee saying she shared concerns about patient care with the hospital's director two years ago. that woman on your screen, sharon helman, now on administrative leave. here's the whistle-blower. >> there was a perfect storm in the e.r. and i was afraid a patient would die because i did not have the resources. she asked me how things were going. i told her unless we had additional staffing, unless we had additional ancillary services and other resources that the e.r. was too dangerous to continue and we should be shut down immediately. >> amber barno is the spokesperson and she joins me. we have another physician coming forward.

i don't know what's more shocking, that she felt like the emergency room wasn't doing well enough to continue functioning or that they stopped subpoenaed documents from being shredded. >> yeah. this really demonstrates the deep systemic issues at the v.a. and why it's failing. employees are literally having to work in an environment of fear and intimidation on a daily basis. if they speak out about some of these unethical issues, that there will be retaliation. katherine mitchell, the most recent whistle-blower, even says this e.r. should be shut down. and she said what came back to her was they said the only problem here was her communication skills. that's absolutely unacceptable that the v.a. is that willing to shift the blame from a very prominent issue and turn it back on the person that brings light to it. >> i'll tell you one thing, if somebody was going to destroy documents or they did destroy them after they had been subpoenaed -- i think we're

talking about that secret waiting list where the allegations are that 40 vets died because they were put on that list. if those documents were destroyed, this is serious criminal activity. >> it really is. it shows deceit at the higher management levels where they essentially think they're above the rules and above the law. but this really demonstrates the deeper issue within the v.a. this isn't just an issue in phoenix. there are issues popping up all over the country. and that's something that needs to be brought to light. it took them a week longer to put forth that those documents weren't supposed to be shredded -- >> what do you think about this, shinseki has come out with this statement -- we take these allegations seriously based on the request of the independent v.a. office of inspector general, in view of the gravity of the allegations.

i have directed that the director, sharon helman and others are now on administrative leave. some people would say, about time. >> about time. but it's a very diplomatic answer. we don't know if those three employees are on administrative leave with pay. >> exactly. >> but if it's anything like previous v.a. scandals, they're most likely going to be paid, some receive bonuses. it's essentially like taking a vacation. but secretary shinseki is far from free of blame in this case. he's essentially failing america's veterans. >> and we heard complaints out of florida from the governor there yesterday as well. we'll stay on this story. amber, thank you. breaking developments on benghazi. house republicans announcing a select committee on the investigation into the terror attack and how the white house handled it. plus, chaos in the street as may day protests get out of control in one city. and from president to

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wounded veterans. today he joined a group of wounded warriors for a 100-kilometer bike ride. guess who went with him? dr. mark siegel. he talked with president bush. you did the ride and you did an interview? >> absolutely. today was the hardest day of the ride, gretchen. 30 miles today. we're on the prairie chapel ranch, president bush's own ranch. he hosted 16 of the nation's greatest and bravest warriors. and yesterday i spoke to president bush about his feelings about his vets. >> can't have every vet that rides mountain bikes here. but we can have enough vets here to say to other vets, there's a better way than feeling sorry for yourself. every vet here has overcome difficult circumstances and are now riding pretty difficult bike trails. and the symbol is that you can succeed. >> he's out there with all of us, encouraging us, just out there -- he's there with us.

he's part of our team. you believe in each other. you believe in america. >> gretchen, he has that same never-give-up attitude that he's applied now to his artwork. he said his portrait of his father is closest to his heart. >> i painted it with a lot of love and respect. i care for my dad a lot. he's one of the great men ever. so to paint him was a great thrill. i called mother and said, did you see the painting of dad? she said, yeah, doesn't look like him. i said, gee, mom, thanks. that's the danger of painting. >> he doesn't believe in psychobabble. but he says that painting and mountain biking have been life-changing. >> you have to love babs' reaction to that. the president might next have to

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time for a quick check of the headlines. the coast guard in miami beach hard at work unpacking millions of dollars of pot. target taking steps to reassure shoppers say it will upgrade its cards with mastercard chips and p.i.n. technology. this follows that massive security breach that affected millions of shoppers just days before christmas. and then there's this -- folks, don't try this at home. instead of running for cover, an office worker stopped to take smartphone video of that tornado barreling towards his building in northern italy. it injured at least three people. fox news alert now, because the state department saying that it has received that subpoena

from house lawmakers for secretary of state john kerry to testify about benghazi. but they are saying that he will be out of town. no reaction yet from the white house, which has been playing defense since the new e-mails about the talking points surfaced this week. chief white house correspondent ed henry live at the white house. ed, sounds like the heat is being turned up on the president and the administration. >> no doubt about it. you mentioned secretary kerry, i'll get to him in a moment. the president himself, though, obviously not going to be pleased here at the white house that house republicans now deciding to move forward with this select committee to investigate benghazi. they've been frustrated with all the questions they've been getting in the white house briefing room this week. you know that speaker john boehner moving forward here is a big deal because he's previously pushed back on calls by his fellow republicans to move forward with this special committee. why would you do a special committee? you can consolidate instead of having several committees, putting out subpoenas, having hearings and not coordinating it, there's been an argument on the republican side it would be good to have one committee focus

in on it. a quote from eric cantor, the house majority leader, who's been pushing for this a long time says, quote, in the days after four americans were killed by terrorists, president obama's advisers organize straited a campaign to deceive their fellow americans as to what occurred and we deserve to know why. that from eric cantor, the house majority leader. you mentioned the subpoena for secretary of state john kerry to testify, a subpoena because they want to clarify why this e-mail from ben rhodes was not sent over by the state department and the administration. marie harf says the secretary is scheduled to be in mexico, unlikely to appear. they're frustrated because they said, they didn't get an invite to speak. maybe kerry would have agreed on his own to do it. here's marie harf on why she thinks there should not be a

special committee. >> i'm confident what the republicans allege, that there was some attempt by this administration to cover up or spin what happened is 100% false. >> republicans obviously disagree. and we're told by speaker boehner's aides the reason why he changed his mind in the last day or two about having a special committee is that he now thinks this rhodes e-mail coming out which republicans believe should have come out months ago to comply with a previous republican subpoena, that convinced him that the administration is not cooperating with congress. so boehner decided to move ahead on this front. >> interesting. we don't find it that surprising. but it's interesting that not a single benghazi question was asked at the presser today with angela merkel and president obama. >> well, sure. i've been to enough of these events where there's always a mix of questions out there. you have jobs numbers out on the economy today. health care has been a big subject. and when you're there with angela merkel, it's not surprising the first question from the u.s. press was about

ukraine and sanctions against russia. that's something she's been front and center on. the second question was about the death penalty and that botched execution in oklahoma. this benghazi story obviously has been out there, front and center for several days. several networks, news organizations pressing jay carney that something as big as that -- especially since john boehner announced the special committee minutes before the news conference. you thought you'd get some questions on that. back to you, greta. >> oh! >> i know the difference. >> no problem, fred. see you. the families of those who lost loved ones in benghazi reacting to the white house narrative, as well as that dramatic testimony from the military's top intelligence official at the time of the attack. listen to that part of that testimony. >> did they ever tell you to go

save people in benghazi? >> not to my knowledge, sir. >> we didn't run to the sound of the gun. they were already issuing press releases. >> four individuals died, sir. we obviously did not respond in time to get there. >> could we have? >> we may have been able to, but we'll never know. >> shawn smith, an information officer, was one of the four innocent officers killed that night. and his mother, pat smith, has been waiting for answers every day since. we are so sorry for the loss of your son. i know it doesn't get any easier even with days passing. what did you make of that testimony yesterday? >> well, i'm glad to hear there's finally a subcommittee that's going to check it out. there's a couple of other questions that i have that have not even been mentioned. and i'd like to know the truth about it. for example, i was told by a

general plus other people that the ambassador was tortured, slashed, murdered before being taken into a hospital in benghazi. is this true? was he killed like that? and why hasn't it been known? along with all the other things that haven't been let out and known to the general public. >> pat, what do you make of the fact as well as that testimony yesterday, the revelation in the last 48 hours that there was this e-mail from somebody on the white house staff about the talking points? and it seems to many and most that it was to tell susan rice when she went on those sunday talk shows to blame the videotape. i know you had heard that blame before from hillary clinton, right? >> i heard it from hillary, from obama, from panetta, from biden,

from susan, all of them at the ceremony -- at the coffin ceremony. they all told me within inches of my face that it was the video -- it was because of the video. and everybody knows that that is not the truth. why did they have to lie? why? why is my government lying to me? >> well, pat, i know -- >> i don't know. i don't know what to believe. >> i know that on that day at the coffin ceremony when you were told that, you were also told by those high-ranking individuals that they would get to the bottom of it and that they would get back in touch with you and tell you what they found out. and have they ever contacted you? >> not one of them has ever contacted me. not one of them has ever tried to contact me. in fact, what they did indicate to me -- and i have this in writing -- is that i do not

deserve to know since i'm not a member of the immediate family. >> even though you are the mother of shawn smith, one of the four killed that night. how could you not possibly be part of the immediately family? >> i kept asking them that. and they would not even answer that. they do not want to answer what they do not feel that they should answer -- >> pat -- >> reasons about being quiet about everything, they made terrible decisions. and i mean hillary clinton made terrible decisions about this. and she will not stand up to what she said and what she did. why can't she do that? why can't she tell the truth about something, anything? >> she did testify before and now it looks like many of those main players will be called back to testify once again with each other in front of this select committee. it's a big development in this case. pat, we're thinking about you and we hope that you will get answers about what happened to your son on that night.pe so. i hope so.

something, anything, anything. >> we are thinking about you, pat. we'll talk to you again some time soon. thank you so much. one house lawmaker preparing to introduce a resolution on another big story that would create a special council to investigate the irs over its targeting of conservative groups. this comes as the house oversight committee plans to vote on holding lois lerner in contempt next week for failing to testify. ohio congressman jim jordan, the man introducing this resolution, telling fox news, quote, we need this special council to help us get to the truth because the so-called investigation by the justice department has been a joke. the current investigation has no credibility because it is being headed by a maxed-out donor who is financially invested in the president's success, end quote. time to check in with john scott. he's in for shepard smith. >> on this friday, investigators say they have prevented a, quote, unimaginable tragedy. they say a high school junior

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time to check out what america is clicking on today. a selfie gone wild. those photos show what happened when a teen tried to get a selfie with a squirrel in florida. the squirrel is climbing under his shirt and hanging onto his back when he heard the sound of the camera. a gallup poll finds folks living in illinois want to move. residents of connecticut also want out. but folks in montana seem to be the happiest. that's where i come in. >> kevin spacey is linked to a new video game game. the actor will play a character in the game's next installment. a group of asian americans starting a grassroots effort to gain support for the republican

party. the gop most likely aligns with its core values, it says, and it's sure it can win the asian american vote. but in the last presidential elections, the number of asian americans voting against republicans has grown from 2% of the electorate to 3%. joining me now is john yang who's spearheading the effort. great to see you, john. >> great to be here. >> when you say the core values of the republican party align with the core values of asian americans, what do you mean? >> well, asian americans believe in a strong work ethic and merit, they value education and the family and believe in entrepreneurship. that sounds like republican values. >> the interesting thing is when you look at how the voting worked out in the last 8 to 12 years, you see that it's been growing, that asian americans that be voting for the democratic presidential candidate. why? >> well, there are a couple of reasons. i think first and foremost, we

haven't paid enough attention to them. so being there is quite important. we need to go after them in the way that speaks to their values, that speaks frankly to the way they think. after just effort, the other things we need to focus on are things we believe in that agrees with where they are. >> the other thing is getting them out to the polls. i was fascinated by these numbers. that 31.3% of the asian american population reported voting in the 2012 election, representing only 3% of the total electorate. and you juxtapose that against the fact that the asian american population is the fastest-growing population in america. why are they not voting? >> this is the great opportunity we have. they are underrepresented in the political area. part of what we're about is trying to figure out how to motivate them to be part of the system. and part of the outreach is bringing up the turnout and bring them alongside and help them understand.

>> what about reaching out to the candidates themselveses? there's been so much discussion about the minority groups that candidates want to go after is hispanics. >> yes. >> a lot of people will be surprised to find out that in america, asian americans are growing faster than the hispanic population. so how do you also educate the candidate? >> i think the asian republican coalition would like to do two things. going out to the candidates and the elected official and helping them understand what's important to this community, what is the best way to engage them and how to talk to them in a way to motivate them to support us. so we have a two-pronged effort here. >> john, thanks for being with us. russia asking now for an emergency meeting at the united nations. it was happening today. they want to try to deal with the increasing tensions in neighboring ukraine. ukrainian military now launching a military offensive in an attempt to beat back armed russian subs.

pro-russian rebels shooting down two ukrainian helicopters. the pilot survived the crash. meantime, president putin warning the acting leadership of ukraine not to use their military, even after he's admitted the gunmen taking over many government buildings in ukraine are actually russian soldiers. u.s. speed skaters, we know, they struggled at the sochi olympic games. remember the controversy surrounding the new high-tech suits? a new report says they were only part of the problem. plus, investigators hoping to prevent another scene like this one. a fiery train derailment involving cars carrying crude oil. what they're now learning about exactly what caused that to happen.

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new details on the fiery train derailment in virginia causing three oil-carrying tanker considers to rung plunge into the james river. the train was not speeding. now the focus to the potential environment impact and the model of tanker cars transporting the oil. investigators say the cars are dangerously flawed and have been at the center of other recent derailments. >> suiting up may not always lead to success. just ask the american speed skaters who were such a disappoint sochi. a report commissioned by u.s. speed skating finds the late introduction of underarmor suit is one of many mistakes contributing to the worth u.s. speed skating performance in three decades. trace gallagher is live. >> the mock 39 underarmor suits were introduced right before the olympic games and in hindsight the coaches say they would have introduced them like in december instead of february.

that way the athletes could have competed in them and gotten used to them. they're not just blaming the suits. they pointing fingers at the training rut teen. the skaters trained at high altitude and outdoors. sochi is at sea level and the track was indoors, and they said the travel was too demanding for davis and richardson. they come can pete fed -- competed in japan the week before the olympics. they also used brand new skate polish, and it was also introduced right before the olympic games. come on. you can't just toss new skate polish at world class athletes and hope they're going to perform. and by the way, the team says, they just really overestimated how good overall they were going to perform in the sochi olympics. bottom line, they just didn't turn out to be as good as they

really thought they were. but they still got a contract with underarmor until -- >> i thought we reported before they were going to keep the suits. you think when you're preparing for something you worked for your entire life you might not change some of the things right before you do it. have a break weekend. >> went back to the sold suit and didn't help. >> coming up-another hot dog story. one hot dog at a softball game and i'm not talking about the kind that needs mustard. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™.

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a player's glove. criminal offense. just steals it. nobodying another. stealing the show for a bit as well and the game coming to a halt as the players watched all the action. if you have a dog you know how tough to get something out of their mouth unless you threaten them with their kim. let's talk about the george w. bush paintings, earlier we had -- mark stiegel joining us. that's pretty good. like the dogs. and i know jen in control room, you love dogs. >> that's the one i want to buy. >> you're going to buy it? >> i want to buy it. >> i have to call the president and ask him how much it is. he just said $100,000. >> mo problem. >> but they'll be worth something. a good investment. i liked that one of his dad, too. did the obama administration place politics before the truth in its handling of the deadly attack in benghazi?

we have an in-depth special, benghazi, white house coverup? you can see it at 10:00 p.m. saturday and 9:00 p.m. on sunday. thanks for being part of "the real story" all week. now here's john scott in for shepard something i. >> a teenager accused of plotting to kill his family, bomb his school and shoot his classmates. dramatic developments in the benghazi investigation, as house republicans announce they're putting together a select committee to get more answers. sending a subpoena to secretary of state john kerry. plus, a war veteran accused of trying to kidnap two people. >> he literally just snapped. and he came over to me and attack me. >> she says she escaped by intentionally crashing her car. her story is coming up.